UAB professor named to prestigious board of directors

The NCHC is the professional association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges, honors directors, and deans, as well as faculty, staff and students.

Mike Sloane, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently elected to the board of directors of the National Collegiate Honors Council. The NCHC is the professional association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges, honors directors, and deans, as well as faculty, staff and students.

Sloane directed the psychology honors program for more than 12 years, served as director of undergraduate studies and was the first vice chairman of the department. In 2004, he was selected to direct the University Honors Program, which was established in 1983 and offers an interdisciplinary arts and sciences curriculum to a select group of highly motivated and talented undergraduates.

In 2000 and 2012, Sloane was named the outstanding teacher in the honors program. He received the 2007 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and has been a UAB nominee for the Professor of the Year to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

UAB School of Engineering professors received two of three National Cooperative Highway Research Program awards for research with potential to advance the construction, safety, maintenance and management of highway systems.

UAB’s student body grew nearly 7 percent year-over-year with gains in every school, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Honors College. UAB also enrolled its largest and most academically prepared freshman class.

Alina Franke registered to donate her bone marrow in Hamburg, Germany, in 2009. She wound up being the one person in 24 million around the world on the Be The Match registry to be the perfect match that Jimmy Roberson needed.

The ProAssurance Endowed Chair for Physician Wellness at UAB will help address health issues unique to physicians as they deal with the stress and pressures associated with providing care in today’s evolving health care environment.